Man busted in stolen car

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Mar 20, 2014 at 5:26 PMMar 20, 2014 at 5:26 PM

By Norman MillerDaily News Staff

FRAMINGHAM - A Sudbury Police officer followed a man in a stolen car on Wednesday until Framingham Police arrested him, authorities said.Framingham Police arrested Ronald Horne, 29, on Cypress Street at 12:05 p.m.According to a police report filed in Framingham District Court on Thursday, a Sudbury officer on his way from Framingham back to Sudbury recognized a 1997 Chevy Monte Carlo that Framingham Police had broadcast as being stolen around 11 a.m.The officer was in an unmarked cruiser and began following the Monte Carlo while calling the Framingham Police on his cellphone giving Framingham officers locations for the car. At one point, it appeared Horne saw the officer and began driving the car in loops before losing the officer, the report said.However, a Framingham officer soon found the car and Horne walking near the car. The car had been stolen on Waverly Street around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday.The officer frisked Horne and found two packages each of Pop Tarts, Orbit gum and condoms."I then looked inside the stolen vehicle and observed packages of Pop Tarts, multiple packs of Orbit gum and condoms, all matching the items I had removed from Mr. Horne's pocket," the report said.Police charged Horne, of 17 Thompson St., with receiving a stolen vehicle.At his Framingham District Court arraignment on Thursday, a judge revoked Horne's bail on an open Framingham breaking and entering case from 2012, holding Horne without bail for a minimum of 60 days.Horne is due back in court on April 15 for a pretrial conference.Norman Miller can be reached at 508-626-3823 or nmiller@wickedlocal.com. For up-to-date crime news, follow Norman Miller on Twitter @Norman_MillerMW.

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